91ΧΤΕΔ 91ΧΤΕΔers developed an artificial intelligence system that automatically estimates the environmental impacts of making different electronic devices. The system takes only a minute to run and achieves estimates with accuracy similar to human expertsβ.
Five 91ΧΤΕΔ faculty members have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
A team led by 91ΧΤΕΔers at the 91ΧΤΕΔ developed a new PCB that performs on par with traditional materials and can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss. Researchers used a solvent that transforms a type of vitrimer β a cutting-edge class of polymer β into a jelly-like substance without damage, allowing solid components to be plucked out for reuse or recycling. With these βvPCBsβ (vitrimer printed circuit boards), 91ΧΤΕΔers recovered 98% of the vitrimer and 100% of the glass fiber.
91ΧΤΕΔ 91ΧΤΕΔers introduced the Thermal Earring, a wireless wearable that continuously monitors a userβs earlobe temperature. Potential applications include tracking signs of ovulation, stress, eating and exercise. The smart earring prototype is about the size and weight of a small paperclip and has a 28-day battery life.
The robot, equipped with a solar panelβlike energy harvester and four wheels, is about the size of a penny, weighs as much as a raisin and can move about the length of a bus in an hour on a cloudy day.
UW 91ΧΤΕΔers developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air by “snapping” into a folded position during their descent.
Three 91ΧΤΕΔers in the 91ΧΤΕΔ College of Engineering are exploring ways to make electronics more Earth-friendly.
Inspired by how dandelions use the wind to distribute their seeds, a 91ΧΤΕΔ team has developed a tiny sensor-carrying device that can be blown by the wind as it tumbles toward the ground.
Recent honors and grants to 91ΧΤΕΔ individuals and units have come from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the Marconi Society β and the White House.
Researchers at the 91ΧΤΕΔ have developed a tiny wireless steerable camera that can ride aboard an insect or an insect-sized robot.
Farmers can already use drones to soar over huge fields and monitor temperature, humidity or crop health. But these machines need so much power to fly that they can’t get very far without needing a charge. Now, engineers at the 91ΧΤΕΔ have created a sensing system that is small enough to ride aboard a bumblebee.
Engineers at the 91ΧΤΕΔ have developed 3D printed devices that can track and store their use β without using batteries or electronics. Instead, this system uses a method called backscatter, through which a device can share information by reflecting signals that have been transmitted to it with an antenna.
Engineers at the 91ΧΤΕΔ have created RoboFly, the first wireless flying robotic insect. This might be one small flap for a robot, but it’s one giant leap for robot-kind.
Engineers at the 91ΧΤΕΔ have for the first time developed a method to safely charge a smartphone wirelessly using a laser.
UW engineers have developed the first 3-D printed plastic objects that can connect to other devices via WiFi without using any electronics, including a laundry bottle that can detect when soap is running low and automatically order more.
A new technique pioneered by 91ΧΤΕΔ engineers enables “singing” posters and “smart” clothing to send audio or data directly to your carβs radio or your smartphone by piggybacking on ambient FM radio signals.
UW engineers have devised a way to send secure passwords through the human body, instead of over the air where they’re vulnerable to hacking.
“Interscatter” communication developed by UW engineers allows power-limited devices such as brain implants, contact lenses, credit cards and smaller wearable electronics to talk to everyday devices such as smartphones and watches.
A new sonar technology developed by 91ΧΤΕΔ computer scientists and electrical engineers allows you to interact with mobile devices and smartwatch screens by writing or gesturing on any nearby surface β a tabletop, a sheet of paper or even in mid-air.